contain multitudes

短语

发音

UK /kənˌteɪn ˈmʌltɪtjuːdz/
UK /-t͡ʃ-/
US /kənˌteɪn ˈmʌltəˌt(j)udz/

词形变化

contained multitudes containing multitudes contains multitudes 三单 contains multitudes containing multitudes 现在分词 contained multitudes 过去式 contained multitudes 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To have a complex and apparently paradoxical nature; to be inconsistent, especially in a way that is ultimately admirable or noble.

    习语 不及物

词源

Coined by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892) in his poem “Song of Myself” published in Leaves of Grass (1855): see the quotation.

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